Food Chain Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Food chains show us how __________ is transferred between plants and animals
  2. 4. Food chains in different _________ contain different plants and animals
  3. 6. A primary consumer who eats both animals and plants ____________
  4. 9. These animals search out dead plants and animals to feed them off.
  5. 10. In a food chain there may be primary, secondary, and tertiary __________.
  6. 11. Animals that capture their prey to eat it are called a _______________.
Down
  1. 1. A primary consumer who eats only plants ___________
  2. 3. Some animals only eat insects. They are called _____________.
  3. 5. A food chain always begins with a __________. This may be a green plant or phytoplankton.
  4. 7. Food chains end with a ____________ that digests dead animals and plants and return the nutrients to the soil.
  5. 8. Animals capture _____________ to eat it.